Chapter 589: Fight
After Li Mingde and Ye Liewei made the decision, they took thirty Yunzhou soldiers and entered Hezhong Prefecture when the city gates opened in the early morning of the next day.
They first went to the office of Baida Express in Hezhong Prefecture.
"Mr. Li, what are you doing?" Manager Chen of Baida Express stationed in Hezhong Prefecture was just about to go on duty when he discovered a group of strong men surrounding the stronghold.
He thought it was some blind rascal who dared to cause trouble at Baida Express, but when he looked closely, he found it was Li Mingde, Mr. Li, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Li Mingde winked at Shopkeeper Chen, who understood and immediately opened the door and invited the men in.
Because Baida Express has extensive business, their yard is particularly spacious. Even if there are more than thirty strong men, the yard does not seem closed.
In order to avoid misunderstanding, Li Mingde introduced the two parties.
"Lord Ye, this is our Baida Express Shopkeeper Chen, who is in charge of Baida Express's river affairs. He is an upright person and is most loyal to Duke Yun."
"Manager Chen, this is Ye Liewei, one of the staff members of Duke Yun. The other dozens of warriors are all Yunzhou cavalry."
Shopkeeper Chen immediately turned respectful and said, "I'm so sorry. I've heard of your great name for a long time, but never had the chance to meet you. Today I finally meet you. You are indeed a cavalryman of Yunzhou. You are so dashing and heroic, and so majestic."
The two sides confirmed with their eyes that they were all family members.
Li Mingde briefly explained the situation to Manager Chen.
After listening to this, Shopkeeper Chen was extremely excited: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, in addition to the one hundred people in Baida Express, the fruit wine factory and Baiwei Restaurant, as well as the brothers' families, we can gather about three hundred people!"
It was beyond Li Mingde's expectation that so many people could be gathered together, which gave him more confidence in the next action.
The Tongpan and the Governor are not here. According to the previous practice, it is only natural for him to come forward to manage Hezhong Prefecture!
Therefore, Li Mingde and Ye Lievi, along with thirty soldiers, marched towards the government office in a swaggering and open manner.
"Master Li, why are you here?"
Li Mingde's appearance scared everyone in the government office.
Wasn't Lord Li sent to sit on the bench by the governor? Why is he here again?
Li Mingde said in an imposing manner: "My godmother has taken over the four counties of Hezhong County, and the governor has asked me to come back to take charge of the affairs of Hezhong Prefecture. Why don't you guys get out of the way?"
When these words were spoken, everyone except the one hundred or so guards in the governor's mansion was frightened.
Because everyone knew that the governor couldn't sleep at night because of Gu Nanxi's capture of the four counties in Hezhong County.
According to the Governor's cowardly temper, it is very likely that he handed over Hezhong Mansion to Li Mingde and then did not surrender to Duke Yun in order to avoid offending anyone.
Just as Li Mingde was about to swagger into the government office and take over the management of Hezhong Prefecture, the guard Cheng Da stopped him.
"Mr. Li, please stay. Do you have the document from the governor?"
Li Mingde and Cheng Da looked at each other, and their gazes seemed to emit crackling sparks in the air.
Both sides knew that the other side knew that the governors had escaped.
Just when the atmosphere was tense, Li Mingde smiled and said, "So it's Chengda. Last night, Wang Tuozi mentioned you when we were drinking together. He said you helped him a lot and wanted to treat you to a drink. It's fate that I met you today."
Cheng Da's expression changed slightly.
What could Wang Tuozi have done that would make him want to treat me to a drink and thank me? !
Mr. Li is clearly threatening me!
If I hadn't revealed the news to Wang Tuozi, Wang Tuozi wouldn't have told Li Langjun, and Li Langjun wouldn't have come to the governor's mansion. If I really want to investigate, I can't escape the crime of being the Duke of Tongyun!
It seemed like I thought about it for a long time, but in fact it was only a brief moment.
Cheng Da made his choice immediately. He took a step back and bowed respectfully to Li Mingde.
"Don't blame me, Lord Li. I just went through the motions. Lord Li's contribution to our Hezhong Prefecture is obvious to all! If you hadn't been there, I'm afraid that during the disaster relief, our Hezhong Prefecture would have been ruined by the ruffians."
"Looking at the entire Hezhong Prefecture, you are the only one who is trusted by the governor and the judge."
Cheng Da's attitude changed so quickly that his guards cast disdainful looks at him.
Look at what he said, it directly confirmed that the governor asked Li Mingde to take over the affairs of Hezhong!
With the testimony of the governor's guards, who would still doubt the legitimacy of Li Chengde taking over government affairs?
The other guards were not fools. They had already got the money and the secret was not leaked by them. Why should they meddle in other people's business?
In order to keep silent, the guards made other people in the government office believe that this was the truth.
In order not to offend both sides, the governor called Li Mingde back.
After Li Mingde took over the government affairs, the first thing he did was to order the city gates to be closed. The entire Hezhong Prefecture was placed under martial law and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
This ban has caused dissatisfaction among many big businesses.
Although Hezhong Prefecture is not as prosperous as Kyoto, it is the capital of a province after all, and the daily cargo throughput through the canal is extremely large.
Especially when disasters occur frequently, grain merchants from all over the country transport grain from other places and want to sell it at high prices.
The sudden closure of the city gates of Hezhong Prefecture undoubtedly damaged the profits of those grain merchants who wanted to stockpile goods.
Behind these grain merchants are undoubtedly various large families and aristocratic forces.
"Li Mingde definitely has selfish motives in doing this. He wants to protect Hezhong Prefecture for Gu Nanxi!"
"Yes! The attitude of the noble family of Gu Nanxi is obvious to all. If she takes control of the entire Hezhong Prefecture, we will be in trouble."
"Let's go. Since the governor doesn't care about Li Mingde, let's go see the judge!"
A group of people gathered at the door of the Tongpan of Hezhong County, and with the help of money, they finally got the news.
The judge and the governor had all run away! This meant that the entire Hezhong Prefecture was leaderless.
For a moment, they had endless thoughts in their minds: should they escape or not? !
Just as everyone was hesitating, a young man clapped his hands and said, "What are you afraid of?! The emperor has already sent Lord Song Shoujie to our Hezhong County! Obviously, the emperor will not let Gu Nanxi continue to go south!"
"Li Mingde has at most dozens of men under his command, and each of our families has more than that number of guards! Why don't we take this opportunity to capture Li Mingde, defend Hezhong Prefecture, and wait for Lord Song to arrive!"
Someone in the crowd echoed, "That's right! Fortune and wealth are sought at the cost of risk! If you follow Gu Nanxi, you will definitely have no way out. It's better to offer Hezhong Prefecture to Song Shoujie. Maybe you can even be rewarded by the government!"
Just do it.
A group of people gathered the servants in their homes, formed a team of hundreds of people, carried hoes and swords, and rushed towards the government office!
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